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“great sphinx of giza”
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greek –>
Σφίγξ / [sfiŋks]
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boeotian –>
(spoken in a ‘greek region’)
Φίξ [‘fi(:)ks]
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*a “sphinx” is a ‘mythical creature’ with (at a minimum), the head of a ‘human’ + the body of a ‘lion’*
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(in ‘greek tradition’, it has the head of a ‘human’, the haunches of a ‘lion’, and sometimes the wings of a ‘bird’)
(it is mythicized as ‘treacherous’ and ‘merciless’)
(those who cannot answer its ‘riddle’ suffer a ‘fate’ typical in such ‘mythological stories’, as they are ‘killed’ and ‘eaten’ by this ravenous monster)
(this deadly version of a ‘sphinx’ appears in the myth and drama of ‘oedipus’)
(unlike the ‘greek sphinx’, which was a ‘woman’, the ‘egyptian sphinx’ is typically shown as a ‘man’ (an “androsphinx”))
(in addition, the ‘egyptian sphinx’ was viewed as ‘benevolent’, but having a ferocious strength similar to the malevolent greek version and both were thought of as ‘guardians’ often flanking the entrances to ‘temples’)
(in ‘european decorative art’, the ‘sphinx’ enjoyed a major revival during the ‘renaissance’)
(later, the ‘sphinx image’, something very similar to the original ancient egyptian concept, was exported into many other cultures, albeit often interpreted quite differently due to translations of descriptions of the originals and the evolution of the concept in relation to other ‘cultural traditions’)
(‘sphinxes’ are generally associated with ‘architectural structures’ such as ‘royal tombs’ or ‘religious temples’)
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(the oldest known ‘sphinx’ was found near ‘gobekli tepe’ at another site, ‘nevali cori’, or possibly 120 miles to the east at [‘kortik tepe’ / ‘turkey’] and was dated to ‘9500 BCE’)
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